From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 21:10:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42520106567A for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:10:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 171048FC0C for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:10:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mBMLA8Mr016620 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:10:08 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mBMLA8gi016613; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:10:08 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:10:08 GMT Message-Id: <200812222110.mBMLA8gi016613@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: "Garrett Cooper" Cc: Subject: Re: misc/129855: ipcs integer overflow with UIDs bigger than 65535 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Garrett Cooper List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:10:09 -0000 The following reply was made to PR misc/129855; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Garrett Cooper" To: "Peter Keel" Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/129855: ipcs integer overflow with UIDs bigger than 65535 Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:08:33 -0800 Most likely a bit-width limitation, dealing with uint16_t. Increasing the internally stored value to uint32_t should make the issue go away. -Garrett